Quick Churros Without Butter Recipe

Even the most delicious Spanish desserts can be adapted to suit different flavors or dietary preferences, you just have to find the one that is the perfect match for you.

We will help you with that task, today by shining light on the churros without butter: a dish that has all of the good parts about the original recipe, without the need to use butter.

Continue reading as we will give you a detailed explanation of how to make churros without butter, with some expert tips for storing, serving, and customizing the dish.

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Background of the Dish

There isn’t an exact date for the creation of the original Spanish churros recipe, but historians agree that it was developed by people who lived in rural areas of southern Spain to have an alternative to daily bread.

The homemade churros stood out for only requiring ingredients that everyone had available at home, and the churros without butter continue with this legacy by offering an alternative for those who don’t have that ingredient that would otherwise be key for the recipe.

Nowadays, there are more modern and innovative desserts, like the orange flan and the pumpkin flan cake, this basic churro recipe will always shine bright thanks to its simplicity and timeless appeal.

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Things You’ll Need for Churros Without Butter

As you will see later, how to make Spanish churros is super simple and the ingredients that you will need are flour, water, salt, sugar, and vanilla extract.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (240ml) water
• 1 cup (120gr) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• Vegetable oil (for frying)
• Granulated sugar (for coating)
• Cinnamon (optional, for coating)

How to Make Churros Without Butter – Step by Step Guide

1. For the first step in this churros recipe without butter, grab a medium-sized pot or saucepan. Then, add the water, salt, and sugar and bring it to a boil over medium heat.

2. Once the mixture boils, remove it from the heat and add the flour all at once. Stir continuously until you dissolve all of the flour lumps and you get a homogenous sticky dough that pulls apart from the sides.

3. As an optional step in this Spanish recipe for churros, add the vanilla extract and mix it in. 

4. After that, grab a frying pan and fill it with around 3 inches of vegetable oil. Heat it over medium heat. If you have a thermometer check that it reaches 180°C or 355°F.

5. Now, transfer the churros butter into a piping bag fitted with a star-shaped tip. Pipe strips of dough into the hot oil, cutting them around 8 or 10 cm.

6. For the next step in this Spanish style churros recipe, fry them for 3 minutes per side or until they get golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels.

7. Then, grab a plate and mix the sugar with the cinnamon  (or use just white sugar if preferred).

8. To get the classic coating, pass the warm churros without butter through the cinnamon sugar mix. You can leave some of them without the coating, it is completely up to you.

9. To finish the easy recipe for Spanish churros, serve them by themselves or with dipping sauces like hot chocolate or dulce de leche.

Substitution of Ingredients

There are some ingredient substitutions that you can make to the churros without butter, being able to adapt them to your personal preferences or diet.

First, you can turn it into gluten-free churros by using your favorite blend of gluten-free flour, but in that case, add 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 3 tablespoons of oil to the dough.

They would fit in the category of healthy churros, but we also have other healthier alternatives for you such as the churros air fryer recipe and the baked churros, as they have cooking methods that don’t involve frying.

You can play with the flavoring of the traditional Spanish churros, adding almond extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, etc.

Are you looking for different flavors? Then we have more Andalusian desserts for you, such as the Spanish apple empanada, the Spanish rice pudding, and the classic Spanish flan recipe.

Tips on Serving Churros Without Butter

The churros without butter are mostly served as an afternoon snack or as a dessert, especially if you compliment them with other sweets.

For example, to have the perfect Spanish desserts churros serve them with dipping sauces like salted caramel, melted chocolate, dulce de leche, or strawberry jam.

To serve them as Spanish breakfast churros you can include other hot beverages in the meal, like a cup of coffee, tea, or the classic hot chocolate.

If you are hosting a party, then you can prepare a table filled with a mix of different Spanish desserts, such as the alfajores, the churros balls recipe, and the churros cheesecake.

How to Store Churros Without Butter

One of the best things about this churros without butter is that you can prepare it and store it in different ways.

First, you can store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days or in the fridge where they can last for around 5 days, and reheat them in the oven or air frying before serving so that they are warm and crispy again.

The other alternative is to prepare the best Spanish churros recipe and once you have the dough, store it in the freezer before cooking it, where it will last up to one month.

We recommend that you shape the churros without butter before, since then they will be ready to be cooked right away (you can fry or bake them).

Other Andalusian desserts that you can make and store for later include the easy churros recipe, the delicious churros with Nutella, and the sweet churro cheesecake with strawberries.

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